1. 消瘦苍白的;形容憔悴的
If someone's face is pinched, it looks thin and pale, usually because they are ill or old.
1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
e.g. emaciated bony hands
a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
eyes were haggard and cavernous
small pinched faces
kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
Synonym: bonycadaverousemaciatedgaunthaggardskeletalwasted
2. sounding as if the nose were pinched
e.g. a whining nasal voice
Synonym: adenoidalnasal
3. as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
e.g. her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her
4. not having enough money to pay for necessities
Synonym: hard upimpecuniousin straitened circumstances(p)pennilesspenurious